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Sydney’s gay club scene ‘was my church’: dancer Joel Bray
Choreographer and dancer Joel Bray’s works don’t look like conventional dance – or sound, smell or taste like other works.
- by John Bailey
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Peter Booth doesn’t like interviews ... two hours later, we’re still chatting
At 82, the legendary artist still rises at 4am to work on his huge, potent paintings. He can’t do anything else.
- by Gabriella Coslovich
The fictional heroes who have helped shape our next leaders
From Stranger Things to Barbie, our brightest young voices celebrate the characters who helped them find their way.
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Pop culture
Cancelled! But can we please still enjoy the art?
There’s a world of difference between bopping along to R. Kelly and sobering up in front of Harry Potter.
- by Genevieve Novak
We’re blessed to have Bob Dylan’s wild book of 66 game-changing songs
Headlong passion is cut with a flinty old timer’s asides in the Nobel Prize winner’s new book, The Philosophy of Modern Song.
- by Michael Dwyer
Forget Netflix’s gloomy Marilyn Monroe movie. Read the masterful book instead
Joyce Carol Oates is one of the most prolific novelists working today and Blonde is her masterpiece.
- by Jane Sullivan
Why it’s time to change the law and stop ignoring women’s rights
Jennifer Robinson and Keina Yoshida’s demand for action on violence against women leads our wrap-up of new book reviews.
- by Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
Shannon Burns had a childhood few would envy. This is his story of escape
Like Jimmy Barnes’ memoir Working Class Boy, Childhood is a painfully dignified book about life with a violent and dysfunctional family.
- by Michael McGirr
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Chippendales series sails perilously close to sleaze, but doesn’t falter
A campy and fun look at the making of a million-dollar beefcake business, Welcome to Chippendales reveals how the American dream became a nightmare.
- by Michael Idato
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Marine life
One man’s miracle of the fishes is another’s foiled catch
Being surrounded by salmon is the sort of thing that can leave a person speechless.
- by Anson Cameron
‘I’m into kicking shins’: Helen Marcou’s mission to save Melbourne’s music scene
The music advocate and Bakehouse Studios co-owner has become a vital player in the city’s rich cultural landscape.
- by Michael Dwyer